Hundreds gathered in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, for the funeral of Constable Stephen Carroll, a Catholic member of the revamped nonsectarian police force. Peter Morrison / Associated Press'The Troubles' Return -- Wall Street Journal
In Northern Ireland, Killings Expose Lingering Rifts Between Catholics and Protestants
BANBRIDGE, Northern Ireland -- On Friday, this village in the heart of Ulster buried a local constable, Stephen Carroll. Townspeople gathered under a gray sky to watch Mr. Carroll's funeral procession, as a lone bagpiper played. Four days earlier, the constable had been shot in the back of the head as he and other officers responded to a woman's call for help.
With his murder and that of two soldiers just two days before, a fear across Northern Ireland is being reborn: Could the age-old grudge between Protestants and Catholics be spiraling into bloodshed again?
"There is a sense of disbelief," said Dolores Kelly, a councilor for the borough of Craigavon, where Constable Carroll was slain. "My God, what's going on here?"
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Northern Ireland: A land still troubled by its past -- The Independent
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